Lobster & Shitake Egg Nests w/ Soy Butter (Low Carb & Gluten Free)

I love lobster, but now that we live in SC instead of New England it’s much harder to get them – and what is available is rarely very good.

There’s nothing quite like a fresh Maine lobster! It’s both sweet and briny, luxurious in texture, and perfectly decadent with some silky drawn butter.

When we were up in CT this fall and visited my uncle Tom in Portsmouth, NH for a couple of days, I finally had my fill of fresh Maine lobster after a 2 year dry spell. It was amazing!

But then we came home and I was sad, because who knew when I’d get back up there and be able to have it again?

So when Philip over at Lobster.com contacted me about trying out their fresh Maine lobsters, and posting a recipe here on IBIH, I was super psyched!

Because November and December were so hectic, I had to keep putting him off from shipping them to me, which was actually kind of funny. I told him he’d probably never had to work so hard to try and send someone FREE lobsters!

We were eventually able to settle on a time that I could give them the attention they deserved, and arrangements were made for the lobsters to be shipped overnight.

I was excited when they arrived, but nowhere near as excited as Hungry Jr. who couldn’t believe there were LIVE lobsters in the box!

He expressed a little concern over the poor dears at first – suggesting that we should “set them free” in the lake across the street. After I told him that wasn’t going to happen, but that they wouldn’t suffer, he was OK with it and ready to get on with the eating!

Lobster.com is proud to send true weight lobsters, and these were hefty, healthy looking specimens!

Well packed and in perfect condition when they arrived, I couldn’t help but get a few shots of them. As they warmed up a bit on the cutting board they started getting more feisty and it became harder to get them to sit still long enough to photograph!

Before cooking them I chilled them down again for about 20 minutes to dull their senses before dropping them quickly head first into a large pot of water at a full rolling boil. I cooked them one at a time to make sure the water was hot enough that they wouldn’t suffer. They didn’t even flinch.

I removed them slightly undercooked so that I could poach the tails in butter for this recipe. We ate some of the claw and leg meat with butter, and the bodies I used to make a stock for a future lobster bisque recipe that I’ll post at some point soon.

Btw, if you’re squeamish about cooking live lobsters, Lobster.com ships them with a little bag of cards that have different techniques for each seafood item! The instruction cards are very easy to understand, and walk you through what to do for each step which removes any anxiety about doing something wrong. Just another way that they offer great customer service through your entire experience!

Honestly I could have enjoyed these perfect lobsters with just butter and a roll of paper towels – that’s all a great lobster really needs after all.

I wanted to do something creative with them though, and since I love the combination of lobster and shitake mushrooms, I started with that as a base. I used to wrap a similar filling in puff pastry, but that was out for low carb and gluten free.

Enter the egg nest – I’d seen it done in restaurants, but had never tried it. Basically you make the egg mixture, put it into a squeeze bottle (or baggie with the tip cut off) and create a lacy pattern in the pan. After it’s cooked you wrap things in it and serve.

Easy peasy, right? NO. It took a few tries to get these right. Too much butter and you lose the lacy pattern and they don’t brown. Not hot enough and they just kind of turn grey. Eventually I got it down, and you may have a few non-starters too if you try to make these.

After a few practice tries you’ll be busting out egg nests like a Ninja!

This recipe is a little more labor intensive than my usual recipes (if it were a ski slope it might be a black diamond) – but the efforts were well worth it. Not the kind of dish you’ll serve every day, but for special occasions it definitely has wow factor!

If like most of us, lobster isn’t in your budget or readily available, you can easily substitute shrimp or even chicken in this recipe!

Description

These luxe wraps make a lovely first course or appetizer. Feel free to substitute chicken or shrimp for the lobster!

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Ingredients

For the filling:

2 Tbsp butter

1/2 cup shitake mushrooms, roughly chopped

1 cup cooked lobster meat, roughly chopped (or chicken or shrimp)

1/4 cup scallions (green part only), roughly chopped

For the egg wraps:

4 eggs

1/2 tsp powdered ginger

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp gluten free soy sauce

2 Tbsp butter

For the butter sauce:

4 Tbsp butter

1 Tbsp gluten free soy sauce

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp granulated sugar substitute

1 tsp lime juice

Instructions

For the filling:

Melt the butter in a small saute pan. Add the shitake mushrooms and cook until browned. Add the lobster meat and scallions and cook for about 2 minutes or until warmed through. Remove from heat and set aside.

For the egg wraps:

Add the eggs, ginger, sesame oil, and soy sauce to a blender or magic bullet and puree. Pour into a squeeze bottle or ziploc freezer bag with the tip cut off. Heat a nonstick pan and melt 1 Tbsp butter until sizzling. Squeeze the egg mixture onto the hot pan in a swirl or crosshatch pattern about 6 inches in diameter. Cook for about two minutes or until firm. Then flip and cook for an additional 30 seconds. Remove to a warm plate and repeat until you have 6 usable egg wraps.

For the butter sauce:

Melt all of the butter sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and whisk until combined.

To assemble: Place about 2 Tbsp of filling in the center of an egg wrap. Fold over the edges until overlapping, then turn over and place folded side down on a serving dish. Repeat with the remaining filling and wraps. Drizzle the warm butter sauce over them to serve.

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If you love lobster but live in an area where they are not easily available, don’t despair! Lobster.com ships overnight and even though I’ve grown up eating lobsters in New England, these were some of the prettiest lobsters I’ve ever seen! The quality is superb!

One awesome feature of their website is the “Chip-in” lobster party invitation! You can set up the party and invite your guests right through the site! Then they chip in for their share right through the app and you don’t have to do a thing!! It’s super cool, so if you have a few friends who love lobster you should check this out!

Also, Lobster.com doesn’t just do lobster – they have a wide variety of fresh shellfish to choose from! Want to have a clambake, but live in the Mid-West? They’ve got you covered! Hate cooking but want some delicious lobster bisque? Simply order it! They make it super easy to enjoy fresh seafood, no matter where you live!

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Could coconut aminos substitute gluten-free soy sauce? And what about total carbs? I do not count just net… Thank you for the beautiful resource you offer to your readers on this blog, I’m really happy to have found it and I’m waiting to receive your book (I pre-ordered it a long time ago but Amazon hasn’t delivered it to me yet.. not even shipped actually, I’ve called them today to know the reason why and it seems that here in my country they’re still waiting for it too)

The recipe looks delish, the egg nests are beautiful, and those lobsters! Oooooooh… I want! They have me drooling! With good lobster (and even crab), no butter is necessary in my book! Just the beautiful, sweet meat melting into & making love to my taste buds. Thank you for sharing this!

Thanks Shana, I’m with you – it’s delicious plain, but I’ll definitely take it with butter if it’s an option! These were a fun departure from the norm though and I’ll definitely make them again! Loved the sweet and salty butter sauce with them as well!

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